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All Stars Team Up with World of Outlaws for
Several Co-Sanctioned Events
By Bryan Autullo
CAMARGO, IL (3-18-06) 2006 is shaping up to be a year of
change in the world of sprint car racing. The shake up in the upper ranks of the
sport over this past off season has prompted many track promoters to question
the future of winged 410 sprint car racing. Many also questioned the ability of
the All Star series to survive this split and those questions have been
answered. Americas Series remains true to its roots in providing great racing
and good family entertainment at an affordable ticket price.
The All Star series opened the 2006 season at Volusia County Speedway in
February and will run approximately 50 races throughout the summer at dirt
tracks around the Midwest. Danny Lasoski, Donny Schatz, and Terry McCarl have
all visited victory lane with the All Stars already this season.
The All Stars, in an effort to help bring stability back to
sprint car racing and increase the exposure of the teams and drivers within the
series, have formed an alliance with DIRT Motorsports, SLS Promotions, and the
infamous World of Outlaws to co-sanction a number of races and bring the two
series together to race head to head on the same track for the first time in
history.
What this means to the fans is added value for their admission price. The All
Stars will be competing with the World of Outlaws in 14 events in 2006. The two
series will do battle and provide the fans with an intense showdown at each one
of these events. Tom Deery, president of DIRT Motorsports says, Were bringing
together the two longest running winged 410 sprint car sanctioning bodies in the
United States to run on the same track on the same night. We feel this will
increase the entertainment value and experience for the fans.
The races will be run under the World of Outlaws format, but points will be
tracked separately for each series. This gives the teams in each series the
opportunity to receive points from both the All Stars and the Outlaws if they
are card carrying members of both sanctioning bodies.
The teams will receive tow money from their respective series just as they would
at any other sanctioned event. Points, however, are a little bit trickier to
follow. The highest finishing All Star member will receive points equal to that
of winning an All Star event. The second highest finishing All Star member will
receive 2nd place points, and so on. If those same drivers also carry an Outlaw
membership, points will be awarded to them based on their finishing position
under the Outlaw format.
I feel this is a huge boost for our drivers, stated All Star series owner Guy
Webb. It gives our guys an opportunity to race for more money and go head to
head against some of the best drivers in the business. He went on to say, A
number of these co-sanctioned races are going to be televised on the Outdoor
Channel. That helps to increase our exposure and will hopefully attract new
sponsors to our series and provide more value for the ticket buying publics
entertainment dollar.
Guy Webb has been working with Steve Sinclair of SLS Promotions to put this deal
together to increase car counts and to bring the All Star brand to new markets.
"At SLS we're extremely pleased to be working with premier regional sprint
groups such as the All-Stars, IRA, NOSA, and SCOA in markets where we can, said
Sinclair. By doing so we're providing additional value to the fans and
hopefully they'll realize that SLS is doing everything we can to present a good
show. It's good to have positive relationships with other series and have a
common goal. I see it as a significant plus. SLS has had recent success with
this program already in 2006. In Arizona we worked with SCOA and the AMRA
Midgets and I thought it worked great, plus we had the highest car count in our
three years of bringing World of Outlaw events to Manzanita, plus our crowd was
up. I think it's great that the World of Outlaws see this as a positive as well
and are allowing us to do this. It's great for 410 racing," stated Sinclair.
Guy Webb has also put together a few deals outside of the SLS promoted shows to
increase the number of times the All Stars will have this opportunity to race
with the Outlaws. What were trying to do is bring some stability back to the
sport, said Webb. This split has damaged the integrity of our sport and it is
our goal to work with the World of Outlaws to make sure the fans get to see a
great race.
Originally formed in 1970 by Bud Miller and then re-formed in 1980 by Bert and
Brigette Emick, the All Star Circuit of Champions has been one of the most
competitive dirt track sprint car racing series in the country. Over the past 27
years, 1,358 races have been run with 149 different drivers making appearances
in victory lane. Guy Webb would like to continue that tradition as he leads the
historical series into a new era in sprint car racing.
Many of the top names in sprint car racing have competed in the All Star series
at some point in their careers. Current NASCAR drivers Dave Blaney, Jeff Gordon,
and Kasey Kahne are graduates of the All Star series. Other drivers who have won
All Star races in the past include Steve, Kraig, Kelly, and Mark Kinser, Frankie
Kerr, Kevin Huntley, Bobby Allen, Rick Ferkel, Jeff Shepard, Doug Wolfgang,
Sammy Swindell, Ricky Hood, Danny Lasoski, Stevie Smith, Fred Rahmer, Lance
Dewease, Greg Hodnett, Keith Kauffman, Chad Kemenah, Kenny Jacobs, and Gary
Wright.
For the 2006 season, many more of the top open wheel drivers in the country will
join the competition on the All Star tour. Veterans such as Danny Smith, Dean
Jacobs, and Dale Blaney will once again compete with the likes of Paul May, Greg
Wilson, Brock Mayes, Barry Ruble, and Tim Hunter for the $50,000.00 All Star
Season Points Championship. Also, rookie contenders Chad Blonde and James Mosher
will take to the dirt along side the others to compete for the $10,000 Rookie of
the Year award.
The 2006 season resumes with the first co-sanctioned events of the year at the
famed Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio on April 7th & 8th. The All Stars will
then head to Attica Raceway Park for the Attica Coors Lite Spring Nationals on
April 14th & 15th.
Look for more news and information on Americas Series, The All Star Circuit
of Champions at www.allstarsprint.com
or contact info@allstarsprint.com
with any questions or comments related to the series.
2006 All Star Circuit of Champions Schedule
(NS) = Non-sanctioned event
(CS) = Co-sanctioned event with the World of Outlaws
(NP) = Non-points event
(TV) = Televised event on the Outdoor Channel
February
2/7 - Volusia Speedway Park Barberville, FL Danny Lasoski
2/8 - Volusia Speedway Park Barberville, FL Donny Schatz
2/11 - Volusia Speedway Park Barberville, FL - rain
2/12 - Volusia Speedway Park Barberville, FL - Terry McCarl
April
4/7 Eldora Speedway Rossburg, OH (CS)
4/8 Eldora Speedway Rossburg, OH (CS)(TV)
4/14 Attica Raceway Park Attica, OH
4/15 Attica Raceway Park Attica, OH
4/21 Lawrenceburg Speedway Lawrenceburg, IN (CS)(TV)
4/22 Eldora Speedway Rossburg, OH
May
5/6 Fremont Speedway Fremont, OH
5/13 K-C Raceway Chillicothe, OH (CS)(TV)
5/20 Butler Battlegrounds Quincy, MI
5/27 Port Royal Port Royal, PA (date being re-scheduled)
June
6/1 Wayne County Speedway Orrville, OH (CS)
6/2 Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, PA
6/3 Lincoln Speedway Abbottstown, PA
6/4 Terre Haute Action Track Terre Haute, IN (CS)(TV)
6/14 Powercom Park Beaverdam, WI (CS)
6/16 Red River Valley Speedway Fargo, ND (CS)
6/17 Red River Valley Speedway Fargo, ND (CS)
6/23 Lernerville Speedway Sarver, PA
6/24 K-C Raceway Chillicothe, OH
Ohio Speedweek
6/25 Attica Raceway Park Attica, OH
6/26 Wayne County Speedway Orrville, OH
6/27 Muskingum County Speedway Zanesville, OH
6/28 Sharon Speedway Hartford, OH
6/29 Fremont Speedway Fremont, OH
6/30 Limaland Speedway Lima, OH
7/1 Eldora Speedway Rossburg, OH
July
7/14 Eldora Speedway (Knight before the Kings Royal) Rossburg, OH (CS)
7/15 Eldora Speedway (Kings Royal) Rossburg, OH (CS)(TV)
7/28 Southern Raceway Milton, FL
7/29 Southern Raceway Milton, FL
August
8/2 - Butler Battlegrounds Quincy, MI (CS)
8/4 Eldora Speedway Rossburg, OH (CS)(TV)
8/9 Knoxville Raceway (Knoxville Nationals) Knoxville, IA (NS)(NP)
8/10 Knoxville Raceway (Knoxville Nationals) Knoxville, IA (NS)(NP)
8/11 Knoxville Raceway (Knoxville Nationals) Knoxville, IA (NS)(NP)
8/12 Knoxville Raceway (Knoxville Nationals) Knoxville, IA (NS)(NP)
8/14 Thunder Hills Speedway Mayetta, KS
8/26 Butler Battlegrounds Quincy, MI
September
9/2 Sharon Speedway Hartford, OH
9/9 Fremont Speedway Fremont, OH
9/16 Lawrenceburg Speedway (Hoosier Fall Classic) Lawrenceburg, IN
9/22 South Tipton Speedway Munford, TN
9/23 Delta Bowl Speedway Tunica, MS
9/24 Kokomo Speedway Kokomo, IN (CS)
9/30 Eldora Speedway Rossburg, OH